Blotting-pad



A. BAUMGARTNER.

BLOTTING PAD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-21,1918

1,338fi69. Patenwa y 4,1920.

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ARTHUR BAUMGARTNER, OF SOLEURE, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM: IRA CO. FABRIQUE SUISSE DAETICLES EN BOIS, SCHWEIZERISGHE HOLZWABENFABRIK, SWISS WOOD WORKS, 0F SOLEURE, SWITZERLAND.

BLOTTING-PAD.

Application filed January 21, 1918.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BAUMGART- NEH, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at Soleure, Canton of Soleure, in the Confederation of Switzerland, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Blotting-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists of a new and useful improvement in blotting-pads of the wellknown type which consists of a rigid member or handle combined with a springshaped part on which the blotting paper 1s laid and which is combined with the said rigid member so as to firmly hold the said paper locked and tightened between the said spring-shaped part and the rigid member by means of the stress of the spring.

The new matter in the present invention is to have the spring-shaped part of the blotting pad made of a flexible piece of wood, replacing the steel springs generally used for that purpose, and to fit the ends of the spring shaped pad into notches in the inner side of the rigid member, the edges of which notches are designed to catch the two ends of the spring-shaped part and the blotting paper with which they are covered over, so as to insure a strong attachment of the paper to the pad.

The accompanying drawing shows, by way of example, one form of construction of the invention.

a is the rigid member of the blotting pad which is provided with a hand-knob (L This part of the device is preferably made of wood, but it may be made of any other suitable material whatever, or may be replaced by any other suitable handle, or may be dispensed with altogether.

7) is a strip of thin and elastic patch-workwood over which the sheets 6 of blotting paper are arranged, the ends of which are bent over the ends of the piece I) as shown at (2 The rigid member a has two transverse grooves 0 each having one of the edges by which it is defined, formed like a beak oZ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May at, 1920.

Serial No. 212,929.

facing toward the inner surface of the groove. The blotting paper e is pressed against the edges of these said beaks by the elasticity of the wooden portion I) so as to cause the said paper to be very firmly held in position therein.

The use of a wooden elastic portion has the great advantage of preventing the same from rusting as this generally happens with the blotting pads used heretofore, and which in time reduces the elasticity of the work ing portion of the apparatus.

I claim as my invention:

1. A blotting pad comprising a rigid member having in its inner surface adjacent the ends thereof transverse grooves, said grooves providing at the extremities of the rigid member beaks with the edge of each beak facing the inner surface of the corresponding groove, and a wooden elastic member upon which blotting paper is laid and folded over the ends thereof so that these ends of the wooden elastic member when inserted in said grooves maintain the blotting paper in position against the edges of said beaks with the ends of the blotting paper lying in said grooves.

2. A blotting pad comprising a rigid member having in its inner surface transverse engaging devices and a curved resilient wooden member upon which blotting paper is laid and folded over the ends thereof, the ends of the said wooden member be ing adapted to be received in the said transverse engaging devices with the extremities of the blotting paper intervening, the said engaging devices being so constructed that the extremities of the blotting paper lie within the same when the curved resilient wooden member is in position and are contained within the walls of the rigid member.

In testimony whereof 1 Mix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR BAUMGARTNER.

Witnesses:

Ron. on WVURsTnMnnRe, LOUIS H. MUNIER. 

